This episode details the work I've been doing to build a tooling system to produce the small, complicated splice plates used to join the frame segments in the Hawker Typhoon forward monocoque section. With the tooling done and proven, I'm able to take you through the production of one plate from start to finish.
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Episode 17 Part 1 Hawker Typhoon Fin ...
In this episode I give a description of the Hawker Typhoon fin structure, and follow along with the process I use to lay out, cut and shape the form blocks that i need to build for individual rib construction.
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Episode 17 part 2 Hawker Typhoon Fin ...
E17 Part two picks up where part 1 left off, with the finishing touches for rib blank cutting and the procedure I follow to form the lightening holes and rib flanges. When all is said and done, we will have another batch to send off for heat treatment.
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Episode 18 Typhoon Legacy Rolls Royce...
Rob and I discuss some of the work we have completed on the Merlin to date, along with some of the challenges we've faced. I remain tight-lipped on why we are building the engine, but do share exactly what we are building.
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